Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 27 / Trend A. Isgandarov/
Syrian tanks stormed a town on the main highway to Turkey Tuesday, killing at least four and injuring several others, dpa quoted activists based in Beirut as saying.
"The Syrian army stormed under heavy shelling the village of Rastan," an activist said. They also took prisoners, he said.
"Helicopters were used to shell a major highway leading to Turkey to prevent army defectors and activists fleeing," he added.
"Dozens of people were snatched from their homes in the early hours of the morning and taken in buses blindfolded to an unknown destination," said the activist, who requested anonymity.
Rastan, is located near the city of Homs, which has been under siege by the Syrian army for two days.
Troops earlier stormed the villages of Za'faraneh and Deir al-Jin, between Rastan and the town of Talbiseh to the south, local activists said, adding that there was no immediate information on casualties.
Syria 's crackdown protests has sparked international outrage and rebukes from Syria's powerful northern neighbor Turkey, once among Assad's keenest backers.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told CNN in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Bashar will be ousted "sooner or later" by his own people.
"You can never remain in power through cruelty. You can never stand before the will of the people," Erdogan said.